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Ch. 17 Cold War
Ch. 17 Cold War
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What was the Marshall Plan's strategy for Europe?
Unify the US armed forces.
Rebuild war-ravaged Europe.
Rescue the starving people of Berlin.
Give more power to the world's presidents.
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Why was the EEC created?
To promote free trade in Western Europe by limiting taxing.
To stop capitalism
To limit trade between Western European nations.
To spread communism.
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Why did the Soviet Union and its allies form the Warsaw Pact?
Setting up a blockade in Romania.
Boycotting the United Nations.
Building the Berlin Wall.
Creation of NATO by democratic nations.
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What began the Korean War?
The Chinese invaded North Korea.
The Soviets launched missiles in North Korea.
South Korea invaded North Korea.
North Korea invaded South Korea.
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Who was the communist leader of Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fidel Castro
6
The imaginary line that separated communism from democracy in Europe (named by Churchill) was
the 38th parallel
the Berlin Wall
the Iron Curtain
the demilitarized zone
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What communist leader first took actions to start the Cold War?
Lenin
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khruschev
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Where did China's nationalist leaders establish themselves?
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Beijing
Tokyo
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After World War II, what happened to the countries in Eastern Europe?
They experienced an economic miracle, like Japan.
They became controlled (satellites) by the Soviet Union
They rebuilt with help from the Marshall Plan.
They became Third World countries
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Why were people escaping from communist Eastern Europe to democratic nations in Western Europe?
They wanted to spy on Western Europeans for the home country
They wanted a better standard of living.
They wanted a less controlling government.
They were forced to do so by the Marshall Plan.
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What conflict of the Cold War ended up much as it started, with a communist/democratic tie?
the Korean War
All of these
China's Communist Revolution
the Vietnam War
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Why did China come under Communist control?
U.S. financial assistance
Corruption within the Communist Party.
Guerilla warfare against the Japanese.
Social and economic problems.
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What "hot" conflict of the Cold War resulted in a unified, communist nation after the US left?
the Soviet blockade
the Korean War
the Vietnam War
the Cuban missile crisis
14
What showdown between Kennedy and Khrushchev in 1962 came close to war b/w the USA & USSR?
The Berlin Airlift
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Wall
The Space Race
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What happened when the Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin?
The Berlin Wall was build to keep the USSR out of Berlin
USA, France, & Britain flew supplies to the city-an airlift
The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba in retaliation.
Both East and West Berlin fell to Soviet control
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Which two nations are the "Superpowers" of the Cold War?
China
Great Britain
United States
U.S.S.R.
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Which nations took control of Germany after World War II?
Poland, Austria, France, Denmark
Spain, United States, Russia, Italy
Italy, Soviet Union, Britain, Japan
Britain, France, USA, Soviet Union
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What was the Cold War?
a rivalry between two superpower nations
a rivalry between democracy and totalitarianism
a rivalry between communism and capitalism
a rivalry between cold and hot climate zones
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Why was NASA created?
because the USSR sent up the satellite Sputnik
to promote free trade among member nations
to compete with the USSR in a space race
in response to the creation of NATO
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Who took power in China in 1949 in a revolution?
Hootie and the Blowfish
Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviets
Ho Chi Minh and the VietCong
Mao Zedong and the Communist Party
